I love Vänskä's work. The Bernstein, Vänskä and Blomstedt cycles are very good indeed. I have all of HvK's EMI cycle....I wish I hadn't bothered, it was the folly of youth.DaveF wrote:Thanks Jared. Blomstedt and Vanska are already and the list.Jared wrote:^^ Dave, you might consider trying the Blomstedt set; he is a very strong interpreter of Sibelius & Neilsen.. others also rate Berglund, Vanska & Segerstam highly, aswell...
What are you listening to?
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"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Earlier, on vinyl....
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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Lovely!fergus wrote:Earlier, on vinyl....
"I may skip. I may even warp a little.... But I will never, ever crash. I am your friend for life. " -Vinyl.
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on vinyl earlier this evening.
Probably my favorite of Shostakovich's symphonies. I love the march build up in the first movement, kinda reminds me of Ravel's Bolero but way better. Haitink does seem to excel with Shostakovich. I dont rate his Mahler much though.
The tempi were perhaps a bit too fast for my liking but I still enjoyed the performance a lot.
Probably my favorite of Shostakovich's symphonies. I love the march build up in the first movement, kinda reminds me of Ravel's Bolero but way better. Haitink does seem to excel with Shostakovich. I dont rate his Mahler much though.
The tempi were perhaps a bit too fast for my liking but I still enjoyed the performance a lot.
"I may skip. I may even warp a little.... But I will never, ever crash. I am your friend for life. " -Vinyl.
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Really gorgeous Dave!!DaveF wrote:Lovely!fergus wrote:Earlier, on vinyl....
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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I like Norrington's Beethoven Dave....I have his cycle on CD.DaveF wrote:on vinyl earlier this evening.
The tempi were perhaps a bit too fast for my liking but I still enjoyed the performance a lot.
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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Part III
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet opus 20/1
Quatuor Mosaïques
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring"
Oleg Kagan violin
Sviatoslav Richter piano
This is wonderful music-making, I am particularly fond of Kagan's playing, it is spine tingling in places.
Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet, "Trout"
Sviatoslav Richter piano
Mikhail Kopelman violin
Dmitri Shebalin viola
Valentin Berlinsky cello
Georg Hörtnagel double bass
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Very nice Seán. I've got some of those Quatuor Mosaïques recordings. Hope you enjoyed it.Seán wrote:
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet opus 20/1
Quatuor Mosaïques
"I may skip. I may even warp a little.... But I will never, ever crash. I am your friend for life. " -Vinyl.
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